Lifting the lid: What organisations are afraid of

Overview

In order for mid-sized organisations to rebound, remain competitive or thrive, they are building out areas of their business: enabling a mobile workforce, leveraging cloud delivery options or creating new markets using Web 2.0 applications. For each of those business enablers, IT has to ensure the right processes and policies are backed up by the right security infrastructure and the right training and engagement with their staff, partners and customers. Achieving this balance is difficult, as we have seen from this year’s Paradox survey.

Attention to detail is crucial when it comes to IT security spend and sweeping budget reductions across the board are no longer appropriate due to the variety of threats organisations face.

So what should mid-sized organizations do today?